Graphic Design 74, 1979

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Content includes:
Rakugan wooden molds / Tokuriki Hikonosuke
Newcomer prospects around the world ’70 America 2
Signage system in the Svoboda printing company in Prague / Jan Reilich
Okamoto Takeshi’s pilgrimage paintings / Sakano Nagami
Kubo Josuke’s illustrations / Tanaka Ikko
Dehara Eiichi’s tree figures: A problem for computer graphics / Katsumi Masaru
Activities of the Japan Graphic Designers Association
New Movements towards Images in Poetry and Language / Mukai Shutaro

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Graphic Design 74, 1979
Graphic Design 74, 1979. Cover design by Koichi Sato
Issue 74 of the Japanese magazine Graphic Design (グラフィックデザイン) published in 1979.
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